1<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> 2<HTML> 3<HEAD> 4<META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> 5<META name="GENERATOR" content="IBM WebSphere Studio Homepage Builder Version 7.0.0.0 for Windows"> 6<META http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> 7<TITLE>addbanner</TITLE> 8<LINK rel="stylesheet" href="../css/nitro.css" type="text/css"> 9<STYLE type="text/css"> 10<!-- 11.sample_source{ 12 background-color : #e8e8e8; 13} 14H3{ 15 color : teal; 16} 17.command_list{ 18 margin-bottom : 16pt; 19} 20.command_desc{ 21 } 22.command_item{ 23 margin-top : 16pt; 24 background-color : #e8e8e8; 25} 26.blockquoted_table { 27 border : 1px; 28 width : 80%; 29} 30TD,TH{ 31 border-color : #c0d8d8; 32 padding : 1pt 4pt 1pt 4pt; 33 border-width : 1px; 34 border-style : solid; 35} 36--> 37</STYLE> 38</HEAD> 39<BODY> 40<H1 align="left">addbanner <IMG src="../image/NTR.gif" align="middle"><IMG src="../image/TWL.gif" align="middle"></H1> 41<H2>Description</H2> 42<P> The <CODE>addbanner</CODE> tool checks exactly how a banner file created by the <A href="makebanner.html"><CODE>makebanner</CODE></A> or <A href="makebannerTWL.html"><CODE>makebanner.TWL</CODE></A> tool will be displayed on the launcher screen of a TWL or DS/DS Lite unit.<BR>This can be used to check the game titles set for various languages, the banner displayed during DS Single-Card Play, and the animation data in a TWL banner.</P> 43<P> <FONT color=#ff0000>With a TWL or DS/DS Lite unit, the width of the character font and character area differ. Be sure to set a game title that will not extend beyond the borders of either screen.<BR>However, TWL hardware use a card application screen. Be sure to check the display of user NAND applications by importing TAD files to a TWL unit for development or IS-TWL-DEBUGGER using <A href="../romfiles/TwlNmenu.html"><CODE>TwlNmenu</CODE></A>.</P></FONT> 44 45<P>As the name indicates, <CODE>addbanner</CODE> was originally a tool for inserting banner files in ROM files, but it does not need to be used for this purpose now because this is usually done with the <A href="makerom.html"><CODE>makerom</CODE></A> or <A href="makerom.html"><CODE>makerom.TWL</CODE></A> tool.</P> 46 47<H2>Using the Tool</H2> 48<H3>Start Command</H3> 49<P><CODE>% addbanner [-t VIEWER_TEMPLATE] BANNERFILE [VIEWER]</CODE></P> 50<P>Outputs an executable ROM file with the filename in <CODE>VIEWER</CODE>. This file is used to display the banner file specified by <CODE>BANNERFILE</CODE> to the screen on the DS, DS Lite, or TWL system. <CODE>VIEWER</CODE> can be omitted. When <code>VIEWER</code> is omitted, this uses a filename with <CODE>.srl</CODE> as the extension part of the filename specified by <CODE>BANNERFILE</CODE>.</P> 51<P> <CODE>addbanner</CODE> uses the <CODE>BannerViewerTemplate.srl</CODE> in the same directory as <CODE>addbanner.exe</CODE> for the template ROM file that becomes the <CODE>VIEWER</CODE> creation source file. <CODE>addbanner</CODE> replaces the banner file of the template ROM file with the file specified by <CODE>BANNERFILE</CODE>, and is only output with the name specified by <CODE>VIEWER</CODE>.</P> 52<P> The <CODE>-t</CODE> option changes the template ROM file responsible for VIEWER creation. This is usually not necessary.</P> 53<H3>How to Use the Generated VIEWER</H3> 54<P><CODE>NTR</CODE> is displayed for <CODE>Platform:</CODE> on screens for the DS/DS Lite in the case of an NTR banner, and <CODE>TWL</CODE> is displayed in the case of TWL banners.<BR>An illegal banner will cause "<CODE>Banner is invalid.</CODE>" to be displayed.</P> 55 56<P><TABLE border="1"> 57 <TBODY> 58 <TR> 59<TH>Button</TH> 60<TH>Content</TH> 61 </TR><TR> 62<TD>Up/Down Buttons</TD> 63<TD>Changes the language.</TD> 64 </TR><TR> 65<TD>A Button</TD> 66<TD>Switches the upper and lower screens.</TD> 67 </TR></P> 68 </TBODY> 69</TABLE> 70<H2>Location</H2> 71<P><CODE>$TwlSDK/tools/bin/addbanner.exe</CODE><BR> <CODE>$TwlSDK/tools/bin/BannerViewerTemplate.srl</CODE></P> 72<H2>See Also</H2> 73<P><A href="about_Banner.html">Banner Overview</A><BR> <A href="makebanner.html"><CODE>makebanner</CODE></A><BR> <A href="makebannerTWL.html"><CODE>makebanner.TWL</CODE></A></P> 74<H2>Revision History</H2> 75<P>2008/11/11 Official support for the TWL launcher screen.<BR> 2008/09/24 Made revisions in line with TWL banner support.<BR> 2008/09/16 Added information about TWL banner.<BR> 2004/09/21 Initial version.</P> 76<hr><p>CONFIDENTIAL</p></body> 77</HTML>
